Ash-hoist



H ASH HOIST. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, I919.

Patentd May 4,1920.

. 2 SHEETSS HEET 1.,

c. SIEDLICKIS.

ASH HOIST. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,1919.

1 atem May 4,1920,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- CHARLES SIEDLICKI S, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application filed July 23, 1919. Serial No. 312,693.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CI-IAnLns SInDL'roKIs,

a citizen of Russia, residing at Syracuse,-

county of Onondaga, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Hoists, of WhlCll the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ash cart hoists, and has as its object the provision of a portable hoist combined with a container into which ashes may be entered in a novel and efficient manner.

A further object is to provide a hoist which may be extended laterally, from the cart, at either side, and held in arig d position while raising the cans from the ground prior to dumping their contents into the car.

These and other like objects are attained.

by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing a conventional type of ash cart and indi:

cating the application of the invention, parts being broken away in order to disclose the construction.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of thesame.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. 1

Fig. 4 is an end view of the front of the cart, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view and section showing the retaining means by whichlthe hoisting gear is held in an adjusted position.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 indicates a rectangular tank, having raised ends, respectively 11 and 12,

the same resting upon a truck, as indicated by the broken lines, whereby the tank or box may be hauled from place to place as may be desired.

Mounted upon the front wall 11, in a double bracket 14, is a vertical shaft 15 resting in suitable bearing 16, fixed upon an extension of thelower wall of the tank, the upper end of the shaft 15 being rotatably journaled in a bearing 17, formed witha pair of arms 18, supported by vertical corner posts 19, which extend downward closely adjacent to the corners of the tank to the bottom thereof.

Rotatably mounted upon the vertical shaft 15 is a sleeve 20, having an arm 21 projecting outwardly at right angles therefrom, the length of the arm being such as to extend beyond the sides of the tank in either direction as may be. desired. 7 An angular extension 22 is formed with the arm, having an extending handle 23, at its lower end by which the' sleeve and arm may be rotated upon the shaft.

Pivoted upon pins 24, at the lower end of the bracket arm 22, are a pair of levers 26, the same extending coincident with and adjacent to the handle 23, and are normally held apart, due to the action of the compression spring 27, extended between their outer ends. The inner ends of the levers are turned toward each other, forming hooks 28 engageable in any of a plurality of radial recesses 29, formed in a portion of the double bracket 14, the arrangement being such that as thehandle levers 26 are pressed toward each other, the hooks are removed from the openings, allowing the sleeve to be rotated upon the shaft to any given angular position, whereupon the hooks engaging in the recesses of the bearing holdthe sleeve from further turni ng.

A plurality of annular recesses 30 are formed in theextending arm 21, at its outer end, and engageable therein is a hook 31 with which is pivotally engaged a pair of forks 32, mounting a pulley 33, over-which runs a cord or cable 34, one end of the cable being attached to a bail or loop 35, connected at its downwardly extending ends, with a bucket 36, in which may be received one or a pair of ash cans 37, while the other end of the cable 34, is engaged with a horizontal shaft 38, mounted at one end in the bracket 39, attached to the rear vertical wall 12 of the tank, the opposite or front end being engaged with a similar bracket 40, fixed upon the inner side of the front Wall.

Secured upon the horizontal shaft 38, near the front end, is a spur gear 41, meshing with a pinion 42, secured upon a spindle 43, mounted at its inner end in a bent bracket 44, fixed upon the inner side of the front wall of the tank, through which the spindle 43 passes and is provided with a crank handle 45, by which the spindle may be rotated, therefore conveying rotary motion through the pinion to the gear, rotating the shaft 38 so as to wind the cable thereupon, raising the hoist bucket 36 in an obvious manner.

A spring dog 46 is arranged to engage with the teeth of the pinion 42 so as to hold it against rotation at any desired time.

In operation, if it be desired to fill the rear end of the tank or box, the hook 81 is fixed in one of the outer of the annular recesses of the arm 21, the handle 43 operated so as to cause the bucket to descend, resting upon any level surface adjacent to the ash cans, and after they have been placed therein the handle i3 is again ro tated, causing the bucket to rise, together with the ash cans to a proper height, the dog or detent 4:6 engaged with the teeth of the pinion to prevent further movement and to hold the weight of the ash can, whereupon the handles 26 are pressed together removing the hooks from the radial recesses 29 and the handle 128 operated, bringing the arm 21, together with the ash cans, over the top of the tank, in which their contents are disposed in an obvious manner.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a cheaply constructed and easily operated device has been disclosed for handling ashes in large quantities and that the same is accomplished with a minimum of manual exertion and in a rapid manner.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an ash hoist, the combination with a wheeled receptacle, a horizontal shaft journaled therein, a vertical shaft, and a sleeve rotatably mounted on said shaft, of

- an arm formed with said sleeve capable of rotation, means for holding said sleeve when in an adjusted position, an ash can bucket, a pulley engaged with said rotatable arm, a cable running over said pulley attached to said bucket at one end, and with said horizontal shaft at the other end, means for rotating said shaft whereby said bucket may be raised, and means for holding said bucket when in a raised position.

2. In an ash hoist, the combination with a wheeled receptacle, a horizontal shaft journaled therein, means for normally rotating said shaft, a vertical shaft engaged in the front of said receptacle, a hollow sleeve rotatable thereon, an arm formed with said sleeve said arm containing a plurality of annular recesses near its outer end, a

pulley adapted to be adjusted with respect of said receptacle, a manually rotatable spindle, geared comiections between said spindle and said shaft, means for locking said gears against rotation, a vertical shaft mounted contiguous to said receptacle and extending thereabove, a sleeve rotatable upon said shaft, an arm formed at right angles therewith, said arm being capable of rotation, means for rotating said sleeve, a double bracket attached to the front wall of said receptacle through which saidwer tical shaft passes, a plurality of radial recesses formed in a portion of said double bracket, a pair of opposed operable levers whereby said sleeve may be held against rotation when in adjustment, a hook engageable in the recesses formed in said arm, a fork carried by said hook, a pulley mounted in said fork and a cable passing over said pulley engaged by said horizontal shaft at one end, and with said bucket at the other end whereby upon rotating said shaft the bucket may be raised over said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

CHARLES SIEDLICKIS, 

